Federal grand jury indicts U.S. soldier on terrorism charges

[DonViejo]

Source: Associated Press




By ASSOCIATED PRESS 07/21/2017 11:27 PM EDT

HONOLULU — A federal grand jury in Hawaii has indicted a U.S. soldier for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State group.

Army Sgt. 1st Class Ikaika Kang was indicted Friday after he was arrested by an FBI SWAT team on July 8. Kang was ordered held without bail.

Because of the indictment, Kang will no longer have a preliminary hearing that was scheduled for Monday.

Kang's court-appointed attorney Birney Bervar said after his detention hearing that he will ask for a mental health evaluation.



Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/21/ikaika-kang-islamic-state-indicted-240836

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1. Link to the DoJ PR

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/hawaii-soldier-indicted-attempting-provide-material-support-isis

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The grand jury indictment, which was filed on July 19, charged Kang with four counts of attempting to provide material support to ISIS, based on events that occurred in Hawaii between June 21 and July 8. The indictment and an earlier criminal complaint allege that Kang met with undercover agents of the FBI whom he believed to be affiliated with ISIS and provided military information, some of which was classified at the SECRET level. Kang is also charged with providing property (a drone,s military clothing and equipment) and training (instruction on combat techniques and weapons training which was videotaped for future use by ISIS) to undercover agents whom he believed to be affiliated with ISIS.
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